Georgia candidates push constitutional fix to end school desegregation
At a Georgia Education Commission meeting, gubernatorial hopefuls M. E. Thompson and Ed Barfield urged constitutional repeal of the Supreme Court ruling and abolition of the court. Tom Linder proposed a statewide school choice pool with segregated or mixed attendance and harsh remarks about NAACP, while other candidates called for continued segregation under existing laws.
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M. E. Thompson
Ed Barfield
Georgia Education Commission
Agriculture
Tom Linder
Guy Marvin Griffin
Fred Hand
Charles Gowen
Ben Garland
Thompson
Barfield
National Association of Handicapped
Supreme Court
Yt Ia
Linder
Murphy
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Georgia
Congress
Herman Talmadge
Atlanta
Marvin Griffin
Churchill Arrives for U S Meetings
Prime Minister Churchill arrived in Washington to meet President Eisenhower and Anthony Eden. He spoke of avoiding misunderstandings in the British American alliance and urged cooperation to confront Communist expansion in Southeast Asia while meetings planned a forthcoming communique and a White House luncheon.
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Washington
Churchill
Eisenhower
AL Loway
Anthony Eden
British Overseas Airways
Eden
Church
Richard Nixon
Dulles
Roger Makins
Momet
Dul Jes
Nixon
White House
Ejsen
Isenhower
Asi
Churchil
London
Winnie
House of Commons
Southeast Asia
Locarno
Red China
United States
Poll Finds Army Edge in Washington Hearings
Gallup poll shows Stevens leading McCarthy among the public. In a cross country survey 28 percent favor Stevens and 24 percent favor McCarthy in who came out on top. After hearings 40 percent support Stevens side vs 25 for McCarthy.
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New York
Gallup
Army
Robert T. Stevens
Joseph R. McCarthy
McCarthy
Stevens
Steven
Sen. McCarthy
Secetary
Roy M. Cohn
John G. Adams
Fourteen Indicted in Tax Case Scandal
A federal grand jury in New York indicted fourteen individuals including Daniel A Bolich and Henry W Grunewald in a conspiracy to corrupt Internal Revenue Bureau officials and impede tax scandal investigations. The 14 include four defendants Samuell Schopick Irving Davis Max Halpern Milton Hoffmen and ten co conspirators. The case targets efforts to influence witnesses before a Brooklyn grand jury and the House Ways and Means committee. Brownell announced the indictment as treasury and justice departments continue tax scandal probes before grand juries in New York and elsewhere.
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New
Daniel A.bolich
Internal Revenue Bureau
Henry W
the Dutchman
Grunewald
Samuell Schopick
Irving Davis
New York
Max Halpern
Milton Hoffmen
Ment
Tates -of
Justice Departments
Nationalist China Seizes Russian Tanker Tuapse
Nationalist China announced its warship seized the 8,840 ton tanker Tuapse off Formosa and may confiscate the ship and cargo. The Tuapse was held at Kaohsiung as Moscow accused the United States of the seizure, while Washington prepared a formal rejection of the Soviet protest.
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Formosa
China
Formosan
Kaohsiung
Soviet Union
Moscow
United States
Philippines
Washington
State Department
U.S
U.S. Navy
Nationaliste
Poland
Shanghai
U.N
Red Coast
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Felix B. Stump
Pearl Harbor
Court Continues With Decatur Land Cases
The U S District Court under Judge Bootle continued hearings on the Woodruff Dam land disputes involving Wright, Bell, Wheet, and Reynolds. Proceedings ran to noon and may resume tomorrow or Monday if needed.
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U. S. District Court
Wright
Bell
Wheet
Reynolds
Woodruff Dam
Bootle
Des Moines River Flood Crest Recedes Slowly
Des Moines river crest begins to recede as levee workers cheer the near end of the flood battle. Engineers expect dikes to hold with crews reinforcing permanent levees and building temporary ones near the Des Moines Raccoon junction to prevent a breakthrough. No major flooding expected from the Raccoon.
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Des Moines River
Des Moines
Raccoon
Rebels Massed For Major Guatemala Invasion
Guatemalan exile forces led by Col. Carlos Castillo Armas announce a major battle near Chiquimula as rebels seize 16 towns since last Friday invasion from Honduras. Government counters with claims of progress on all fronts while Honduras and Nicaragua face U N resolutions amid cross border tensions.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Chinquimula
LW .& Speeay
Col
Carlos Castillo Armas
Chiquimule
Chiquimula
Garrson
Castillo Armas
Jacobo
Arbeng
Quatemala
Hondudes
Guatechilla
Inter-American Peace Committee
Washington
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Liberation Army
Guatemala City
Zacapa
Puerto Barrios
Radio Liberation
el Salvador
Phenix City Faces Tremors After Vice Cleanup
Phenix City Alabama mourns the murder of A L Patterson as Gov Gordon Persons vows to maintain a tight vice clamp. City economy fears collapse with gamblers leaving town and prostitutes fleeing across the river while nationwide authorities press a cleanup that chamber chief Alton V Foster says could ruin the city financially yet may yield a healthier future.
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Phenix City
Ala
Georgia
A. L. Patterson
Alain
Ft. Benning
Alabama
Gordon Persons
Patterson
Chattahoochee River
Columbus
Montgomery
Chattahoochee
Alton V. Foster
Chamber of Commerce
Hurricane Edges Texas Coast Brings Evacuations
A hurricane brushed the Texas coast near Brownsville as officials evacuated Padre Island and nearby areas. By morning the storm tracked inland with sustained winds around 35 mph and gusts to 54 mph, causing minor injuries and setting up camps at Brownsville Civic Center.
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Brownsville
Tex
Gulf
Mexico
Texas
Wedel Wille
Otis
Padre
Jess
Chou En Lai Arrives in New Delhi for Historic Talks
Chou En lai and Indian Prime Minister Nehru begin a three day summit in New Delhi aimed at easing East West tensions. Crowds of about 2500 greet Chou at Palam airfield as Asia's powers discuss regional peace and neutrality amid global Cold War pressures.
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Chiese
Democratic India
Asia
Nehru
China
Chou En-lai
Palam
Indian Communist Party Politburo
Chou
Korea
Indochina
Geneva
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